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Wigan Athletic was formed in 1932, following the winding up of Wigan Borough the previous year. Wigan Athletic is a stable association football club in the town. The first was Wigan Association Football Club, founded in 1883 as an offshoot of Wigan Cricket Club, and a member of the short-lived British Football Association, playing at Prescott Street. [1]
The establishment of Wigan Athletic was the sixth attempt to create a stable football club in the town following the demise of Wigan A.F.C., Wigan County, Wigan United, Wigan Town and Wigan Borough. The town's die-hard football enthusiasts planned the rebirth of a town team, and a public meeting was held at the Queen's Hall presided over by the ...
The DW Stadium (formerly the JJB Stadium) has been the home of Wigan Athletic since the 1999–2000 season. Wigan Athletic Football Club was founded in 1932 and joined the Football League in 1978. The team played in the Premier League for the first time in 2005–06. The table details the club's achievements in all first team competitions, and records their top goalscorer, for each completed ...
First FA Cup match: Wigan Athletic 1–1 Great Harwood, preliminary round, 16 September 1933. First Northern Premier League match: Scarborough 0–2 Wigan Athletic, 10 August 1968. First Football League match: Hereford United 0–0 Wigan Athletic, 19 August 1978.
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The club are recorded as playing against Wigan Shops FC on 28 January 1914 [4] No further records of the club are found as football was suspended for the period of World War 1. Although not the first club to reside at Springfield Park, United are the oldest, pre-dating Wigan County by at least one season.
After this short period the F.A. agreed that all their demands had been met with the exception that the club would have to change their name again to avoid confusion with Wigan FC, the town's rugby league team, allowing Wigan Association to become officially known as Wigan Borough Football Club on 11 December 1920. [2]